WFDR (1370
AM) is a
radio station
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broadcasting a
classic hits
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format. It is
licensed to serve Manchester, Georgia
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History
Manchester was f ...
, United States, south-southwest of
metro Atlanta
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. The station is currently owned by Legacy Media Holdings, LLC.
The stations' call letters WFDR are a reference to former
U.S. President
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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, who had his
Little White House
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vacation home
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in nearby
Warm Springs, Georgia
Warm Springs is a city in Meriwether County, Georgia, United States. The population was 425 at the 2010 census.
History
Warm Springs, originally named Bullochville (after the Bulloch family, which began after Stephen Bullock moved to Meriwethe ...
.
As of September 12, 2016, WFDR is being relayed on FM translator W247CJ at 97.3 MHz.
In or around 2019, Christopher Murray's Georgia Radio Alliance acquired WFDR and flipped it to "Fox FM" with a Classic Hits format resembling its Macon/Warner Robins area sister station
WBML.
In January 2021, WFDR began simulcasting on 102.1 W271CV in
Atlanta
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via 96.1
WWPW-HD4.
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FDR
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Radio stations established in 1970
1970 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
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